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Thursday, December 29, 2005

Waiting Even Longer

The next time we adopt from China, if we go that route, our wait timefrom submission of dossier to notice of referral will likely be nineto twelve months. (And then another two or three months from noticeof referral to trip to China.) With Jada, the wait time was sixmonths. Six months was the average when we started the process but itis rapidly creeping up because of high demand. The other day, as Amyand I were marveling at Jada's evolution in the two-and-a-half monthswe've had her, I said to Amy, "What if our wait time wasn't sixmonths; what if it was nine or twelve months?" That would mean wewould be going to China next month, if the wait time were on the shortside, or even as late as April if it were on the long side. I can'tfathom not having Jada until then, her being in an orphanage untilthen. I pray that if we do this again, God (and the Chinesegovernment) will not tarry in connecting us to our child.

PS Two of these pictures are from October and two of them are from December. Can you guess which are which?